Sathyaraj

Sathyaraj
Sathiyaraj at a press meeting
Born	Rangaraj Subbiah (1954-10-03) 3 October 1954 (age 69)[1] Gandhipuram, Coimbatore, Madras State
Occupations	Actor producer director media personality
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Maheshwari ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	Sibiraj Divya

Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), known professionally as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who appears predominantly in Tamil films. He also appears in works in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in Vedham Pudhithu (1987), Nadigan (1990), Amaidhi Padai (1994), Periyar (2007) and Onbadhu Roobai Nottu (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in Nanban (2012), Raja Rani (2013), Baahubali (2015), Baahubali 2 (2017) and Kanaa (2018). He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles.

In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay.^[2] He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys, Susi Emu farms,^[3] and Kumaran jewellery Shop.^[4]